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Fresh insights from Northwest Atlanta — published weekly by Nicole France and her team.
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Best Buying Home Near Kennesaw State Guide: Parents and Investors | Nicole France RE/MAX
Parents look at buying home near Kennesaw State and run the same math every time. Four years of rent is a lot of money. Why pay a landlord when we could own the place, let our student live there, maybe rent the extra bedrooms to their friends, and sell at the end for a profit.
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Best Assumable Mortgage Georgia Guide: When a 3% Rate Is Worth It | Nicole France RE/MAX
The assumable mortgage Georgia buyers keep asking about sounds like the best deal in real estate. Take over the seller’s 3% loan. Skip today’s 6.5% rate. Save hundreds a month for the next twenty-five years. What is the catch. The catch is that assuming a low rate usually requires more cash up front, not less.
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Best Georgia Buyer Representation Agreement Guide: What You Sign | Nicole France RE/MAX
A Georgia buyer representation agreement lands in front of buyers earlier than it used to, and the reaction is almost always the same. You want to look at a house, the agent hands you a contract first, and it feels like a trap. Sign here before I will even show you the place. Buyers stiffen.
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Best New Construction Buyer Agent Georgia Guide: The First Visit Rule | Nicole France RE/MAX
The new construction buyer agent Georgia builders will pay for has one rule attached, and almost no buyer knows it until it is too late. You have to bring that agent on your very first visit. Not your second. Not when you are ready to write. The first time you walk through the model. Here
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Best Earnest Money Dispute Georgia Guide: Who Actually Decides | Nicole France RE/MAX
An earnest money dispute Georgia buyers and sellers stumble into always starts the same way. The deal falls apart, both sides believe the deposit is theirs, and everybody assumes somebody neutral will just sort it out. Split the difference. Be reasonable. Move on. That is not how it works, and the gap between what people
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Best Northwest Atlanta Home Selling Season Guide: What the Data Says | Nicole France RE/MAX
Every seller asks about the Northwest Atlanta home selling season before they ask about anything else. When should I list. Should I wait for spring. Is fall a mistake. Here is what the data says, and it is not what you have been told. The gap between the best month of the year and the
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Best Roof Age Home Insurance Georgia Guide: Why Closings Die | Nicole France RE/MAX
Sellers treat the roof as a repair negotiation. Roof age home insurance Georgia carriers now underwrite around has quietly turned it into something else entirely, and most people find out in week three of a contract. Here is the reframe. An old roof used to cost you a price concession. Today it costs you the
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Best Georgia Foreclosure Auction Guide: What Bidders Get Wrong | Nicole France RE/MAX
Every few months somebody asks Nicole about the Georgia foreclosure auction on the courthouse steps. They heard you can buy a house for half of what it is worth. They want to know how to get on the list. The state of Georgia answers this question on its own website, and the answer is not
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Best Georgia Pool Fence Code Guide: What Pool Buyers Inherit | Nicole France RE/MAX
Buyers touring a house with a pool look at the water. Almost nobody looks at the fence, and Georgia pool fence code is the only part of that backyard that carries a legal obligation the day you take the keys. Here is the reframe. The pool is not what you are buying. The pool is
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